Telegram-herald., 1887-11-13
INTERESTING pAssosApess'


Az Aussralisa skecp raiser las besn buying
saesp = NsrHloat fer breeding purposes.
vel kaown citizen Of Reading Pa. lost
kis lie ky t0Enbllsg iHto a ksEtis of boiling
s4ssap.
A weather prepast Of New Yosk hss ssas
the goose bone aRd predicts an early sas
hard winter.
TIE question IS raised hy an Arizons osss
~astasr or EoS cattle which stray across the
NeuosH llae may be returned without pay
ing duty.
Ata Cahforais agricultural show two tons
cg grapes fre1a one exhibit illustrated the
culture Of the siEs in one county.
Sir john Luhbock says that among a Ger
tain hili tribe Of India II is mark Of respect
and gratitude 20 pat the thumb 10 tks nose.
Recent disclosures do rot iatiulidete Amer
lean girls who want tltisd foreigners for hus-
hands, and two mors cash eoronet' con
tracts are made known.
A big watchnan's rattle, the identical one
with which the FIRST constable Of Plymouth,
Mass, terrified the small boy ia the days OF
the Pilgrim Fathers, is highly priEed relic
In the possession OF a Providence policeman.
Among novelties In inkstancs is one OF a
tripod Of coaching horns holding a wbeel, in
the hub OF which Is found the ink The
whole thing Is on stand covered with a
miniature horse blanket.
The American consul at Malta notes as q
fact, which he thinks capable of much i'm
provement, that only one of over 5000 mer-
chant vessels that arrived at the island car
ried the United States lisg
Ono Of the sights al Buffalo is the Cyclone,
a huge pneumatic grain transfer barge. 1t
looks like gigantic hopper on a raft. II is
said that by means of an air exhaust il can
elevate 200 bushels a minute which is very
much more than the ordinary elevator can
do.
woman OF Jersey City recently brought
home strange esg as the souvenir Of
a trip and placed it ON the parlor table
One week after she WAS surprised TO see q lit
tie turtle break the shell of the egg and slow
l. crawl out. The hea: OF the room had
hatched il.
An ingenious woman is working a novel
scheme for getting material for crazy quilt
She has written To many postmastsrs asking
for piece of silk, satin or velvet and setting
forth that she hopes to get pieces for her quilt
from every state in the Union.
A Belmont county, Ohio, farner rejoices in
heterogeneous collection OF freaks, consist
ing of pig whose fest are split SO rs 10 give
it the appearance of having toes, another
with three ears, cat with one ear growing
wrong side out and boy with three thumbs
According 10 the estimates given To the re-
cent convention of American cranberry
growers st Philadelphia, the entire crop this
year is placed at 56g, 90 bushels Last year
it was 6S7, 900. The crop of 1856 was very
large in Wisconsin and small in New Jersey
In Nova Scotia the product is increasing
A novel suit was before the courts in New
York city lev days ago The writer OF a
snail text book left his mannecript with a
well known school book Publishing house for
examination. At the end of three months be
got answer that it was declined. The foolish
man sued the publishers for S2,0GO damages,
but the case was thrown out at once
The letters and memoirs Of Nine Saint
RuheI'ty, which wore recently discovered IN
che shop of Paris antiqu0ry. are soon to he
published. Nine. Saint-lIubcrtv was one Of
the NEST famous Paris actseaes and beauties
Of the last century. NCpoieon / adj. -.,sed "
her as artillery lieutenant tts 0Etv vtrses Ae
ever made in his life. .xsrs<1i was very SAD
She married sse e~uni d'Entraigues, who
sool Lssanhe insane. a1d was murdered. to-
esther with her, by one OF her servants.